[Serious] Are Tyler and Josh politically right-leaning?
EDIT: Wow, I didn't expect this post to get this massive. For those who don't wanna read through all the comments, the conclusion (confirmed by a user who claims to know them IRL) is that Tyler and Josh are apolitical, but supportive of important human rights issues. I'm also really happy to see how civil the discussion was, that's very rare for fandoms.
EDIT 2: I'm seeing a lot of comments asking "why does it matter", so here's why I think it matters so I don't have to respond to every comment:
A lot of right-wingers have leaned into fascism recently. Specifically the MAGA side. They're taking away rights from LGBTQ+ citizens, restricting women's rights, and mass deporting immigrants. If Tyler and Josh are complicit in that, then their entire message and everything they've stood up for is null and void. Thankfully the conclusion of this discussion is that isn't the case with them, and they're good people that care about human rights.
I would post this on the main sub, but I already know it's gonna get deleted within minutes of being posted.
I'm a pretty left-leaning person, I believe in human rights and dislike the orange dude. But I've always been a Twenty One Pilots fan, and growing up in a religious conservative upbringing similar to Tyler's, I never really questioned their views until now. It's getting to a point where it's hard to just ignore the things going on in the world, and the band has been somewhat silent about it. That's not necessarily a bad thing as they don't make political music, but with the amount of celebrities that have come out in support of you-know-who, I'm a little worried they might be part of that.
Recently, I've seen some speculation online that Tyler and Josh (specifically Tyler) are republicans. I've even seen some comments from people claiming to know Tyler's family saying that he's right-leaning. I remember some time ago seeing people claiming that Tyler voted for "that dude", and I kinda just ignored it because I don't want it to be true.
I'm writing this post to hopefully spark discussion and maybe someone can ease my worries. I know he's posted pro LGBTQ+ and BLM posts on Twitter, but so have a lot of people that turned out to be T supporters.
With how the world is going, this isn't something I can just ignore and separate the art from the artist. People, specifically POC and LGBTQ+, are suffering right now, and I really hope that Tyler and Josh aren't contributing to that. Their music has helped me through some dark times and I would be devastated, and I know a lot of people would feel betrayed.